nyctreeman
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I picked up a Stihl 044 in nice condition, except the fried cylinder and piston, it's a 12mm wrist pin set.
So I had an OEM set with everything but the rings eyeballed for $255 and I figured since the correct rings would cost me about $30, I messaged the guy asking if he'd take a bit less since I had to buy rings. Before he had a chance to answer me, someone bought the set.
I've got $130 in the saw which is complete power head, clean and unmolested, so should I bite the bullet and just get the kit from a Stihl dealer? The complete kit isn't that much more than the set minus the rings on fleabay.
Or should I just button it up with a Meteor set? ... Or is there a better Stihl cylinder & piston set I should consider? I've seen some chatter that the 046 set fits but I don't know.
I'm not keeping the saw, I don't need it, so my decision is going to be based on selling it and how much more I can get for it OEM versus non OEM.
Thanks for any knowledge.
So I had an OEM set with everything but the rings eyeballed for $255 and I figured since the correct rings would cost me about $30, I messaged the guy asking if he'd take a bit less since I had to buy rings. Before he had a chance to answer me, someone bought the set.
I've got $130 in the saw which is complete power head, clean and unmolested, so should I bite the bullet and just get the kit from a Stihl dealer? The complete kit isn't that much more than the set minus the rings on fleabay.
Or should I just button it up with a Meteor set? ... Or is there a better Stihl cylinder & piston set I should consider? I've seen some chatter that the 046 set fits but I don't know.
I'm not keeping the saw, I don't need it, so my decision is going to be based on selling it and how much more I can get for it OEM versus non OEM.
Thanks for any knowledge.